Quotes by Joe Barton

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite;...

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The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw...

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The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to...

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The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

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The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in...

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The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to...

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard...

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Reading should be a repeat performance.

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Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they...

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Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.

#Joe Barton